KRS 158.852: School food service director or menu planner -- Credentials and

certificates -- Continuing education.

(1) Each district shall appoint a food service director who is responsible for the

management and oversight of the food service program in the distri ct, except two

(2) or more contiguous districts may form one (1) "school food service area" and a

school food service director shall be jointly selected by the participating school

superintendents to oversee the school food service area.

(2) (a) Any person serving as a school food service director or person otherwise

responsible for menu planning in each school district on June 20, 2005, shall

be credentialed as a "school food service and nutrition specialist" or certified

by a Level 2 certificate issued by the American School Food Service

Association within three (3) years after June 20, 2005. No school district shall

be required to have more than one (1) person with a credential or certificate

under this section.

(b) After June 20, 2005, a person appointed to serve as school food service

director or the person designated for menu planning who does not hold the

"school food service and nutrition specialist" credential or the Level 2

certificate issued by the American School Food Service Association shall

obtain the appropriate credential within three (3) years of his or her

appointment or designation. No school district shall be required to have more

than one (1) person with a credential or certificate under this section.

(c) Eight (8) clock hours of the requ ired continuing education for maintaining the

appropriate credential or certificate under this subsection shall be directly

related to applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation.

(3) School cafeteria managers shall annually receive at least two (2) hours of continuing

education in applied nutrition and healthy meal planning and preparation.